Welcome to the Planning St. John's page. This page provides a site where the public can find information and give feedback on planning applications all in one place. Planning applications include Municipal Plan and Development Regulation amendments such as rezonings and text amendments, but do not include development applications, discretionary use applications, or non-conforming use applications.
Occasionally, a person or company proposes a type of development that does not meet our policies or regulations and would have to be rejected, unless an amendment can be made. Amendments undergo careful consideration by City staff and Council. As part of the amendment process, we invite you to learn about each application and give your comments and concerns – they help inform Council's decisions on these matters.
Links to current applications (starting in June 2022) are provided below. We invite you to view the applications that are of interest to you. Click the link to be taken to each planning application project page to learn more, ask a question, or provide your feedback.
If you prefer to provide comments or ask questions using mail or email, please do so to the Office of the City Clerk and include your name and address, or e-mail cityclerk@stjohns.ca or write to P.O. Box 908, St. John’s, NL, A1C 5M2. Be sure to include the name of the application in your submission.
The City has received an application to rezone 18 Mount Cashel Road from the Residential 2 Cluster (R2C) Zone to the Apartment 1 (A1) Zone to accommodate two Apartment Buildings. Each Apartment Building would be located on its own lot and share one driveway access. The applicant is proposing two three-storey Apartment Buildings with a combined total of 66 dwelling units.
Read full details, including the Land Use Report and Traffic Impact Statement, on the project page.
The City is considering rezoning land at 245 Forest Road from the Residential 1 (R1) Zone to the Apartment 1 (A1) Zone to accommodate a future affordable housing development. This rezoning is to support the City's land disposition program, an initiative under the Housing Accelerator Fund (HAF).
A portion of the property is zoned R1, while the remainder is zoned Open Space. The Open Space area will remain, and in the future may become a community garden.
Read full details on the project page.
Each application has its own project page. Click the name of the project below to learn more or leave your feedback. Projects that are currently open for comments are identified in the list below.
1 Clift's-Baird's Cove(External link)
1-5 Petty Harbour Road(External link)
5 and 7 Ricketts Road(External link)
(External link
18 Mount Cashel Road - Open for feedback(External link)
46 Hazelwood Crescent(External link)
50 International Place(External link)
51 Hazelwood Crescent 2024(External link)
(External link)
100 Logy Bay Road
(External link)
245 Forest Road - Open for feedback
(External link)(External link)
424 Kenmount Road(External link)
Text Amendment - Accessory Buildings and Backyard Suites
Text Amendment - Landscaping for Townhouse in the R3 Zone
Text Amendment - Updated Definition of Dwelling Unit
The list generally includes past applications that have been closed within the last 12 months. If you have questions about an application that closed more than a year ago, please email planning@stjohns.ca
7 Waterford Bridge Road (2025)
8 Shaw Street and 4 McLea Place
30 Duckworth Street - Text Amendment
(External link)
45-53 Blackmarsh Road
(External link)
135 Harbour Drive - Text Amendment
222 LeMarchant Road - Text Amendment - Dwelling Units on 1st Storey
358-376 Portugal Cove Place
(External link)
746 Blackmarsh Road
(External link)
Main Road and Shoal Bay Road, Goulds
Map Amendment - Waterways and Wetlands - 853 Main Road
Text Amendment - Cidery/Winery Use - 70 Powers Road (Goulds)
Text Amendment - Heavy Equipment Storage
(External link)
Text Amendment - Landscaping Requirements and Driveways
Text Amendment - Public Consultation
Text Amendment - Residential Uses and Subsidiary Dwelling Units
(External link)
Have questions or want to learn more about a project, contact us below:
| engage@stjohns.ca | |
| Website | www.stjohns.ca |
| In writing | City Hall, 10 New Gower Street, St. John's, NL A1C 5M2 |
